“I think directing and writing are very different jobs. Obviously, directing is a more social and managerial job. The other thing about directing is that it's a very, very pragmatic job, and writing isn't.” ThinkingWritingDifferentJobsSocialPragmaticDifferent Jobs Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I'm moving - as a person and as a writer - through time. I'm a different age. I'm thinking about different things. I have different life experiences. I'm trying to get closer to being honest. And by closer I mean that at different ages I have different ideas of what the truth is, and at any point I'm trying to express that at that moment in time.” ThinkingTryingMeanPersonsIdeasDifferentMomentsAgeMovingHonestTruth IsBeing HonestDifferent ThingsThat MomentLife ExperienceMoments In TimeRough TimesDifferent IdeasDifferent LifeDifferent Ages Author:Charlie Kaufman
“And also the idea of not making it apparent that it's different from the rest of the film, even though there are visual differences, the audience is supposed to think that they are with him when he wakes up in the morning.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentFilmDifferencesMorningAudienceWake UpVisuals Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.” WorldKindDifferentSelfCertainConsciousnessInsecuritySelf ConsciousnessDifferent Times Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays. It's more that I wanted to see what it would be like if I didn't have to collaborate with anybody, to have a sense of purity of the thing from beginning to end. I liked doing it. It's really different from writing. Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.” PeopleThinkingWritingDifferentDecisionPurityPragmaticTime And Money Author:Charlie Kaufman
“If I were doing somebody else's script or I adapted a book by Philip Roth, on set there could be a million different interpretations of the material and people could argue with me. Certainly on Synecdoche, New York we had discussions and arguments, but I felt like I had authority because I'm a writer.” PeopleBookDifferentAuthorityArgumentArguingDiscussionPhilip Author:Charlie Kaufman
“There is a lot of management going on with directing. Maybe that was the biggest surprise-just the amount of tending that I had to do. The different personalities . . . It's not my way, and it's never been my function before as a writer. I tend to be a moody and somewhat withdrawn person, and I felt very clearly that I had to throw that away because that wasn't allowed here - there were other people who were going to be filling that role. Sometimes it became exhausting, especially around the eleventh hour of the day.” PeopleDifferentSometimesHoursPersonalityManagementMy WayMoody Author:Charlie Kaufman
“Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. And if you don’t risk failure, you’re never going to do anything that’s different from what you’ve already done or what somebody else has done.” IfsMeanDifferentDoneCourageRiskFailureHonorBraveryEncouragingFear Of FailureScreenwritersRisk-takingBadges Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to think in a circular way. I dwell on the same things over and over and I try to figure out different ways of looking at the same issue.” ThinkingWayTryingDifferentIssuesFiguresPersonalityDifferent Ways Author:Charlie Kaufman
